“I’d say there’s been a migration away from guitar bands towards urban music and British hip-hop – which I think is amazing, and I would celebrate that,” Mumford told NME. “I’d like more guitar bands around. Noel Gallagher’s got a lot to say on the subject. He doesn’t even consider our band a guitar band which is good.

“It’s easier to make a song on a computer now than in a garage with instruments. It’s easier to make a really good song on a computer too. It’s not laziness or anything, it’s just getting a bunch of people in a room to play instruments and spend their time rehearsing those instruments so that they’re ready to record them is more challenging because you can also just make a great record on a computer quickly.”

He added: “I don’t know how I feel about that, because at the moment I really enjoy making songs on a computer.”